>As for teacher preparation, we here at CU-Denver have a preparation >program that requires candidates to spend twodays per week in classrooms >working with mentor teachers for a semester and then a semester of >full-time co-teaching. Our students also have degrees in subjects other >than education (No college in Colorado can offer a BA in Education.) >The Education faculty in the preparation program spend their mondays in >partner schools working with teachers and candidates, in my case I focus >on math and science.

Why can't we get the Standards to recommend a program like this? What is theNCTM afraid of?